[ SECRET POST #2682 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2682 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's hard to tell for sure, but it does look like print sales are relatively flat since Iron Man came out in 2008. Marvel actually looks to have taken a dip right around then, but sales have been rising since the beginning of 2012.
Source: http://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/alltime.html, 2nd graph.

I'm having a much harder time finding sales figures for digital comics, so I can't speak for that. Articles seem to indicate that that's where a lot of growth is currently happening, although how much is due to movies/tie-ins vs. general comics awareness and ease-of-purchase isn't clear.

[(Anonymous)]

digital sales would be a key thing to want info on in this case I think. I haven't bought a physical copy of a comic (other than a classic or two) since I got my kindle.

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DA

Marvel actually looks to have taken a dip right around then, but sales have been rising since the beginning of 2012.

Well, anecdotally, I and most of my comics reading friends got into comics just after The Avengers, which was released April 2012, so Marvel's relatively recent rise in print sales certainly meshes with my experiences.

And chalk me up as yet another person who thinks it's ridiculous that digital sales figures aren't widely available; it really is impossible to have an informed discussion about comics sales without them.

[elialshadowpine]

Yeah, I'd be interested in seeing digital numbers, or subscription numbers for the Marvel Unlimited app, which is the route we've gone. (For those who don't know, it's an app that for a monthly fee lets you have access to all the Marvel comics they've uploaded, with the exception of brand-new comics. If you want the very latest, you have to pay extra for that, but if you're not in comics fandom and don't mind waiting a few months for trickle-down, you'll still get it.)